30 DECEMBER 1899, page 2

The Morning Post Of Wednesday Contained A Characteristic...

their correspondent, Mr. Winston Churchill, describing his escape from Pretoria. Mr. Churchill, who had been taken prisoner after showing great gallantry in the armoured train......

These Details Are, Of Course, Fantastic Guesswork, But We Do

not doubt that a year or two ago Germany and England most wisely came to an agreement as to what should be done, granted that Portugal could not meet her obliga- tions and would......

A Good Deal Of Excitement Has Been Caused In Berlin

by the publication in the Lokalanzeiger of the alleged details of the secret Treaty between Great Britain and Germany in regard to the fixture disposal of the colonial......

The Centenary Of Napoleon's Consulate, Celebrated In...

Day, elicited a letter to the Mayor of Ajaccio from Prince Victor Napoleon. In this adroitly- worded and temperate document the First Consul is held up to admiration as the......

The Times Of Wednesday Publishes The Chief Details Of The

Egyptian Budget. Owing to the bad Nile and the conse- quent loss of cultivable area, and so of taxes, the receipts have fallen off by £250,000. The farmers, it is calculated,......

The Latest News From Mafeking, Dated December 12th And...

by runner via Mochndi, shows that Colonel Baden-Powell's intrepid humour remains unimpaired by the continuance of the siege. In the war of words which alter- nates with that of......

Lord Kitchener Will Not Return To Egypt After The War,

and Sir Reginald Wingate has been appointe I to fill his L e, both as Sirdar and as Governor-General of the Soudan. rd Grower's choice is a wise one, for the new Sirdar is just......